HELP!!!!!

Ok gang! Randy and Leisa are redoing one of the rooms in their house and they gave me 2 boxes of photos that they had taken out of Mom's old house when we started looking through the stuff in the basement. Anyway----WHAT DO I DO WITH THE PHOTOS???????? Do you guys want me to separate them out and give you the ones of you and your kids and grandkids???????????????? Right now they're taking up my bedroom and it's full with too much junk and I WANT TO GET RID OF IT! What's the best way to preserve them? There are some great family shots and I really hate to just dump them! LET ME KNOW! Thanks to all of you who sent me photos! I got some very cute shots and will use them. For the rest of you--YA GET WHAT YA GET!!! I failed to recognize a birthday on the 6th of Oct.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTIAN!!!!!

HOWDY!!!!

It's been awhile since I last posted anything. The reason is because a couple of weeks ago I opened an email sent, supposedly, by Neil that had No Subject and what I got was a lot of worms. Quickly, my computer reacted and I was sure it was toast, however, I didn't which amazes me! I really love/hate computers. I just wish I knew more. Also, I'm trying to learn Facebook---and that is a totally different animal to me! I'm the new secretary in the YWMIA and that's one of the ways the leaders use to communicate with the girls! Hopefully some day I'll get it right!
Last Thursday Rae Ann and Brent, Me,Doug and Candis, Neil and Tamara and Randy and Leisa got together at Maddox and had dinner. Also there were: BJ, Bailey, Shareesa and Chace and Baylor, Anna and Gavan! We had a wonderful time/dinner! It was so fun to catch up! Neil and Tamara are out here for a couple of weeks. It was so fun to get together! I'll put some photos at the end of this that Gavan took. Thanks again to Neil and Tamara for the wonderful dinner!
Ma is doing great. When we went to Maddox, she had to climb 3 steps and she did it!!! She says she's getting slower, but at 86 she's still doing good! She was very pleased that we could all get together! Well everyone keep your socks up! Well, I just went to get the photos that Gavan took and I can't find them! Oh well! I'll keep looking! Got 'em!!!

Doug,Me,Ma,and BJ

Alex (Paige's boyfriend,Paige and Baylor)

Annie Bananie

Brent, Rae Ann and Bailey

HELLO!!!!

Not much new to report! I went to Providence to visit Ma yesterday. I took Gavan with me. Ma was all excited because she was to be in the River Heights parade. I don't know what they were celebrating, but Josie, Program Director for the Center, arranged for the Center's van to be in the parade and Mom and her friend Lorraine got to sit in the van and throw candy out of the window. The bus driver and his wife and kids and Josie and her kids and Gavan went along as well. I took pictures of it, but they didn't turn out! It was quite a sight but lots of fun for Mom and Lorraine! Last Thursday Mom had an eye appointment with an eye specialist. He found a cyst growing on the optical nerve in her left eye. He did an "in-office" procedure and removed the cyst, so hopefully Mom will be able to see better. She had been saying that she couldn't see very well, so it was a blessing that she had that appointment!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALLISON!!!!

WE WISH YOU THE VERY BEST!!!!!

Well my dears, that's all the news that I know of! Be safe and have a great week!

THIS IS NEW!!!!!

They have changed the format on this so I'm not too sure what to do! I was just barely getting used to the old one! Oh well! I hope everyone came through the week healthy and happy! I went up to Mom's yesterday. She is fine. We looked through some very old photos! They were quite interesting! I'm going to make a slide/movie show with them and, if you're nice, I'll give you a copy. A while back I mailed everyone a plea for new pictures of  everyone!!! So far I have received zilch,nada,zero, nothing!!!! There is still time to get them to me. Remember my email is mmurdie@allwest.net. The critical ones are of the great grandchildren because they change so rapidly! Any photos would be greatly appreciated!!!! Not much news to report. Randy just got back from Chile. He said it was nice and he didn't feel unsafe at all. He said the weather was nice. They're just going into spring. Anna is having a blast!! She loves her charter high school and Gavan says he likes being in the 5th grade. I guess BJ and Char and William have moved to Logan. Right now they're living with Char's parents. Doug said that Tobin and Allison are Ok and weathered the hurricane. They even had a couple in their ward who were evacuated at their house while the storm was going on! Can you believe it, Paige is 21!!!! Oh well, time does tend to go on! Well, that's all I can think of--REMEMBER PHOTOS,EVERYONE!!!! Be good and safe!!!!

GUESS WHAT I FOUND!!!!

Another week has gone by. I think everyone is in school or getting ready for school. Mom is beginning her annual job of calendaring and I just realized that August is over. It seems funny that this summer has gone so fast. I think it's because we didn't start summer until the end of June! I have another picture to share!

I found this going through some old photos! What a gang!!! Also it's HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PAIGE!

She's changed a tad but she's still as cute as a button!!! HAPPY 21ST

IT'S BEEN A WHILE!!!

It's been awhile since I wrote, so I guess I'll sit down and write a few lines. Since I last wrote a couple of things have happened: 1. Tam and I went to see the Martin Harris Pagent in Clarkston 2) I was called to be an assistant temple coordinator.
We saw the Martin Harris Pagent and I wasn't too thrilled with it. I don't know why, probably just me. It's the first time I had been to see it. We stayed overnight in Logan at the Best Western Weston motel. That was really nice! Doug and Candis got us the room! The next morning we got up and ate breakfast at Angies and then decided to go see the movie, "The 17 Miracles." WOW!!!!! That was so awesome! Of course I cried all the way through it, but what a great film. If you haven't seen it---GO!!!! Then a week ago one of the Salt Lake Temple Matrons called me to be a shift assistant coordinator. I was shocked because I've only been working at the temple for a little over a year. I thought you would have at least 5 or 6 years under your belt before they had you do anything like that!
School is about to start for everyone.  I can't believe the summer has gone so fast! I think it's because we had such a short one. Half of June was spent with snow on the ground!! Yes folks, SNOW!!!!
By the way, today in Sunday School, Brother Mark Tuttle said he met my brother and knowing me was surprised that he was a nice fellow! I asked if he was alive and well, and he said yes! 
Well, I can't think of anything else! Oh---this year, because of budget cuts, we're giving calendars to the kids and grandkids only! It's amazing how much all the stuff costs, but at least every grandkid and their family and kid will receive a calendar! Oh well! Be good and keep your socks up!

TIME IS PASSING!

Dear Everyone!  I don't know if you received the news yet, but Aunt Jodie, Uncle Doug Wadsworth's wife, passed away last night in Logan. She was in a care center and everyone but Steve was with her when she passed away! Pat Wadsworth emailed me the news and said, "Just imagine the reunion going on the other side!" She was 98 years old! I am sure she is estatic and so is Uncle Doug! The funeral is not definitely set yet, but will be sometime this week.
It's a very small world. After the news about Neil's calling broke Tamara called me and told me that a Brother Tuttle from church headquarters was going to go and train Neil and others. Well, it turns out that Brother Mark Tuttle is in my ward. He's a neat guy!!!! I told him to say hello to Neil from me! I haven't talked to Rae Ann lately so I assume all of her family is doing great! Randy and Leisa's Chinese visitors will be leaving this Wednesday! I'll bet the girls had a real good time!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON AUGUST 9TH, TO:

BAILEY MCMURDIE

MARY ALVAREZ

Well hope all is well with everyone! By the way, I told Mom about Neil and Tamara coming the last of Sept. for a couple of weeks, so plan on getting together at some point during their visit! Be good and keep your socks up!!!!

THIS PAST WEEK!!!

Howdy everyone! I would have posted on Sunday but we were having a small problem with our internet and I couldn't get any internet until later that day!!!! Anyway----well the big new is that Neil has a new Church calling! He is the Public Affairs Director for the Hartford Connecticut Temple and also on the committee of the Public Affairs, North America-Northeast area!  Pretty nifty, huh??? He'll be set apart by Elder Henry B. Eyring"s son Matthew Eyring  in the next couple of weeks! Way to go bro! Mom and the rest of the gang are very proud of you!!!!! They couldn't have picked a better man!!!!

Mom & Sara visiting

Pat Wadsworth and Rae Ann visiting

Kathryn, Gavan, Craig and the Chinese students staying with Randy and Leisa are playing cards!

Emma and Matthew Margetts making a craft at the reunion

Paige,Doug, Candis and Leisa visiting

Bob Tilly, John Margetts and Randy playing bocchi

Last Saturday was the Fred and Rachel Wadsworth reunion! It was held in Brigham City because the cabin is still very wet and muddy! Personally, I think we'll just get it dried out and the lawn cut and maybe the big cabin cleaned and then winter will be here! We've had so much moisture lately!!! Anyway the reunion was headed by the Tilleys and it was fun! Brent and Pat Wadsworth and Donna Wadsworth were there! Donnie came without Jean because she was hosting a reunion for her family. Good food and lots of visiting was done and it was fun! Roger Griffin couldn't make it but he said that his mother, Nancy Griffin, has cancer. Also we found out that Don Wadsworth had a very bad accident last Jan/Feb and almost lost his hand! He is just recovered enough to go back to work! From what Pat said, he's lucky to be alive!  I'm going to include some reunion pics.
By the way, I've changed the main picture because someone, not me, thought they looked toooooooooo ????  Well, all I have to say is that when you get as big as me----we'll talk! Anyway--I found this one and decided to try this one for a while! It occurred to me that we've not had one taken of just the children of Bill and Maxine McMurdie for a while, so maybe if you come out Neil! By the way Neil, Mom is afraid now that your new calling will keep you from coming out and the next time you come west will be to her funeral! Oh well, we do what we can! Everyone behave and keep your socks up!!!!!

HELLO!

Well today I did another boo-boo in church! For the sacrament song I thought I we were singing page 175 and then the 1st counselor announced, I thought, page 176. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, I played page 176 and actually he said page 177 and so people were all confused, but it worked out because the words for 177 are the same for 176 but 177 has a chorus! DON'T GET OLD and senile! I don't know of any great news other than Doug and Mom are having an ongoing battle with the thermostat in her room. She keeps putting it on heat and then it's way hot. I guess she's becoming like Grandma Mac. Randy and Leisa were up at the cabin on Friday and Randy said you still can't get down to the bend....well there is no bend/beach because it's still covered with water. Inside the cabin it is dry, but the outside grounds are all muddy and wet. He said it would be probably 2 or 3 weeks before it would be dry enough to drive on and walk on. That reminds me. We still have campgrounds up here that are closed due to snow. This week we started back to the temple. We got 2 weeks off! I don't know how those little old ladies do it! By the end of my session I am bushed!!!! Friday I helped with the brides. We had about 30 come through during our session but they said next Friday there will be at least 70 weddings! Oh well, I have some very kind ladies to help me do my job! I talked to Rae Ann and she and Brent are busy with their mission. Tomorrow they are taking a Sudanese family to the Days of `47 Parade and then taking them home for lunch. Randy and Leisa and the kids and the 2 exchange students are coming up here for lunch. I don't know about the menu. They may only get Top Ramen. I hope everyone is well! I'm including some pictures from our Nauvoo trip!

Anna, Marilyn and Leisa at Little America

Randy, Anna, Leisa, Gavan in front of the Nauvoo Temple

Hello....again!

Well...it's been a long time since I updated this! I guess it has because I wrote the last time just before Randy and Leisa and the kids and Tam and I took off for Nauvoo. We all just returned and had a good time. We left on the 8th and just returned today, the 17th!!!! Tam and I have had a 2 week vacation while they cleaned the Salt Lake Temple and Randy has July off so we decided to go! The only bad part was how hot it was! I've never experienced it that hot and so the next time I visit Nauvoo will be in the dead of winter when it is COLD!!!! We also visited Winter Quarters. That is a neat place. That's the first time I've ever been there and the temple is beautiful and the cemetery, where some of our ancestors are buried, is to the rear of the temple! It is so amazing what all the saints had to endure to get here! Did you know that Naham Curtis and Milicent Waite Curtis and two children are buried in the Old Nauvoo Cemetery????? Yes, our ancestors were definitely part of the pioneer movement!!!! We got some good pictures and I'll post them as soon as I get a chance!!!
Does everyone know that Mom isn't going to have her teeth pulled? Her doctor and dentist decided that her health does not warrent her having it done and so we just let them go. I think most of us, myself included, are very relieved.
We have a birthday this week:

HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY GAVAN!!!!!
Well that's all the news for now!!! I hope everyone is well and happy! See ya'll!

HOWDY! HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

Last week passed so quickly and I was so tired I didn't blog yesterday! I'm glad I didn't because I got some neat pictures to share. There are a few interesting tidbits:
1. There's a rumor going around that BJ, Char and William are going to be moving to Logan. I know BJ's job is up there and it seems that they'll see more of each other if they move to Logan. Presently, BJ is working for Char's brothers and seems to really enjoy it. Also if anyone sees BJ or Char, tell them that Grandma and Grandpa McMurdie's house is up for sale. They should contact Chad Tilley if they are interested! It would be neat to have the house stay in the family!
2. Randy and Leisa and the Kids and Tam and I are going to Nauvoo. We leave the 8th of July and return around the 16th! We're driving! It should be pretty fun and hopefully we'll get to see some of the sights I've never seen.  Anna, Randy's oldest, will also be practicing her driving so that will definitely be interesting!
3. Doug and Candis' family is over at Bear Lake this week! Candis sent me some photos of Baylor and Thaer, so I'm including them.
I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th. Mom helped organize a fireworks party and they all sat at the north side of the Living Center and watched the fireworks on Friday! She said they had a very enjoyable time. On a sad note, one of the gentlemen that moved into the center almost the same time Mom did, and was a friend of Mom's, Bud, died yesterday morning. I think that's one of the hardest things about living there. Most of the people who leave the center, leave because they have passed away! I am going up to Logan tomorrow to take Mom for her first fitting for her new teeth. Keep a prayer in your heart that all goes well and she'll be eating steak before she realizes it!
NOTE: As you can tell, my pictures are NOT up to date! Help me out by emailing me pictures of you and your families to mmurdie@allwest.net! I could really use newer pics!

Thaer Allen McMurdie--Kyle and Angie's little boy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DANIEL!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAREESA!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TOBIN!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RYAN!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LEISA!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CANDIS!!!!!

Baylor eating his birthday cake! Chace and Shareesa's little boy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Today is Baylor's birthday. He's 1 year old! Looking at him, I'm reminded of his Grandpa Doug! He sure is a cutie. Baylor is Chace and Shareesa's son! Also this week is Char and Rae Ann's birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ALL!!!! (And many more!!!)

Shareesa, Baylor and Chace

Rae Ann

Char

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!!

I've just taken the time to look at Doug and Candis' and Neil and Tamara's blogs! I loved them! Pictures galore! It seems like Memorial Day was a hit everywhere and that Zion is definitely growing! It boggles my mind how big Baylor Madeleine and Thair are getting! The pics of Doug and Candis' grandkids are so cute! I just remembered that with the birth of Tobin and Allison's newest, Mom will have more great grandkids than grandchildren. She has 17 grandchildren and as of October we'll welcome the newest McMurdie into the gang!
I went up to visit Mom yesterday! We had a good visit and we also took a drive up to Logan Canyon to the bridge at the top of the road to the canyon. It looked like about 3 or 4 cabins above us the water was spilling over the bank and that there was flooding going on. We didn't go down to the cabin because I'm too dumb to work the lock. Oh well.
Lance Tilley called me the other day and said that the Wadsworth reunion wouldn't be on the last Saturday in June because since they were in charge and no one was able to make it then, they'd reschedule. I don't know when, but I'll post it when I get an announcement!
I don't know of anything new and exciting in the family! We seem to be plodding along and trying to get through each day as well as possible! Happy Father's Day to you all! When you think about it---we've got some pretty amazing fathers in our family. Here are 4 of them:

Summer!

Well, we have not snow and it hasn't snowed for a little over a week, so I am officially declaring that winter is over and SUMMER IS HERE! The trees in our front yard are all out in bloom and they smell fantastic, however, too much of it makes my non-allergies kick up!
There isn't much news that I know of. It seems like everyone in the family is doing well. Rae Ann went up yesterday to be with Mom. They had a great time. Mom is enjoying being out of doors now and taking long walks! Rae Ann said that everyone in her family is doing well.
Paige, Doug and Candis' youngest, has a babysitting job for the summer. It's sort of neat because it's for the same family that Janalyn babysat for. Paige is going to start attending USU this fall. She has a couple of scholarships and is going to major in music!
Randy and Leisa took Anna and Gavan out for a celebration dinner at the Spaggetti Factory last night. They were celebrating Anna's being on the honor roll. They went to the one at Trolley Square. He said that they had a good time!
Well, my dears----I'll close and include a few photos that Candis sent me! They're really cute! Be good and keep your socks up!

These two cuties are Julia Marie and Emma---Kyle and Angie's two girls!

Paige with the founding fathers of Snow College!

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND PICS

Anna and her friend Cam at Logan Cemetery!

I think Anna is trying to run away!

Anna, Gentry (Don & Jean's youngest), Michelle and Rick's daughter, and Tammy and Paul's daughter
Obviously, I don't know their names! DON'T GET OLD!

SOME OF GWEN'S GREAT GRANDDAUGHTERS! Gentry is the only one I know!

Don and Jean's daughter Kristie! She is such a cute girl!

Rick Rose,Don, Tammy, and Don's boy Grant!

Gentry and her 2 cousins. What are their names! Help!

Cam & Anna! He's just a FRIEND!

Kay's grave

Anna in the Payson Cemetery! Best feature,huh????

Getting a flag for Grandpa Curtis' grave!

Me, Leisa,Randy and Anna hiding at the Payson cemetery! Notice, NO SNOW!!!

WHO IS THAT GUY!

Spring is finally here in Utah!

Gavan and Anna at the Payson Cemetery!

Gavan and THE THINKER!

MAXINE AT THE LOGAN CEMETERY

Daddy's grave 2011

Daddy's grave in 2011

Randy, Anna,Maxine, Leisa,Me, and Gavan

Jean and I talking

Grandpa and Grandma Mac's grave and Renee's in the background

THIS IS SNOW FOLKS! The picture was taken on Memorial Day at the Paradise Cemetery

We didn't have to worry about plant holders---the snow did a great job!

This is a shot of the Peteeneet, where Maxine went to elementary school
Gavan took the photo! Not bad!